%% Overall VAR and plotting settings

% VAR specification
tau              = 12;  % Number of lags in VAR

hori             = 36;  % Number of impulse response horizons to compute/plot

% Plot settings
signif_level     = 0.32; % Pointwise/simultaneous signif. level

var_names        = {'log CPI', 'log IP', '1-yr gov bond yield', 'EBP'}; 
                         % Variable names in plot

plot_var         = 2;    % Plot bands for this variable 
                         %(and the shock chosen above)

plot_xticks      = 0:12:hori; 
                         % Horizontal axis tick marks

plot_band_xlabel = 'months after shock';
                         % Horizontal axis label 
                         % (not shown on pointwise plots)

plot_band_ylabel = 'percent';
                         % Vertical axis label (not shown on pointwise plots)